I came across chef Yotam Ottolenghi’s recipe for Brussels sprouts with burnt butter and black garlic. Wow what a genius combination of things that I never would have thought of. Bunt butter, caraway seeds and black garlic is quite a combination. I didn’t have brussel sprouts at home but I did have cabbage so I thought that I can make a similar dish with cabbage. My recipe isn’t exactly the same but offers similar flavors. My idea of serving size might differ from your idea of serving size. I also used a small cabbage so a bigger cabbage might give even more servings and also might take a little longer to cook.

Ingredients for around 4 servings

1 cabbage – cored – quartered – each quarter gets cut in 3 or 4 smaller wedges (I used a smaller cabbage)

1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil – to be sprayed or brushed on cabbage (I used a spray bottle so I didn’t measure…I honestly don’t think that I used this much oil)

fresh crushed sea salt to taste

fresh ground black pepper to taste

1 teaspoon caraway seeds

1.75 oz black garlic (maybe around 2 Tablespoons chopped)

1 Tablespoon dried thyme

2 Tablespoons unsalted butter

1 lemon – just the fresh squeezed juice

1 Tablespoon apple cider vinegar

1/2 cup roasted pumpkin seeds

1 Tablespoon tahini

2 Tablespoons pomegranate seeds

Directions

Set oven to 500 degreed F.

Use a sheet pan (or two) and spray or wipe lightly with extra virgin olive oil.

You remove the core of the cabbage.

Then you quarter the cabbage.

Then each quarter gets sliced into 3 or 4 smaller wedges that go on your sheet pan. Then the slices get either sprayed or brushed with extra virgin olive oil and get seasoned with fresh crushed sea salt and fresh ground black pepper.

This goes on preferably a middle rack in your ore-heated 500 degree oven for around 15 minutes. It’s not done yet. Flip the cabbage wedges over on other side so you can brown up the other side. Depending on size if will need 10 to maybe 15 minutes more.

While you are roasting the cabbage you should make the sauce.

In a small bowl add the caraway seeds, black garlic, thyme. Leave it on side.

In a small fry pan on high heat add the butter. It will turn brown quickly. Then take it off the heat. Now add the caraway seeds, black garlic, thyme, lemon juice and apple cider vinegar. Blend till smooth.

Pour over cabbage.

Add toasted pumpkin seeds.

Finish with a little tahini and pomegranate seeds.

Serve right away and enjoy!

A Special THANKS! to Yotam Ottolenghi for coming uo with his FABULOUS Brussels sprouts with burnt butter and black garlic recipe. Without it I never would have made cabbage in a similar way.